Optimism for 2021
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
After discussing the Christian Nationalist roots of the insurrection at the national Capitol on Jan. 6, and calling for President Trump's impeachment, we listen to Rep. Jamie Raskin's eloquent plea for the passage of Resolution 512 calling for an end to blasphemy laws. Then we speak with FFRF's Director of Governmental Affairs Mark Dann, who explains why there is optimism for the freethought, science, equality and state/church agendas with the incoming administration and new Congress.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews. |
| 0:19.0 | Imagine there's no heaven. |
| 0:23.6 | It's easy if you try. |
| 0:27.6 | No hell below us |
| 0:41.3 | Above us only sky |
| 0:47.3 | Imagine all the people |
| 0:58.0 | living for today Paul and silence bound in jail |
| 1:02.0 | Had no money for the go there, babe |
| 1:05.0 | Keep your eyes on the prize |
| 1:09.0 | Hold on, hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on. Hold on. Hi, Hold On. |
| 1:31.3 | I'm Annie Laurie Galore, and that of course is Keep Your Eyes on the Prize, |
| 1:36.3 | performed by Sweet Honey in the Rock, and we're playing this song, |
| 1:39.3 | not only to acknowledge the heroic role played by the African American voter registration movement, |
| 1:47.0 | but because this song is about the determination to make America live up to its principles, |
| 1:55.0 | and that has never been more relevant. We've just lived through the scariest moment in our nation's modern history. |
| 2:02.8 | And I'm Dan Barker. This is our first show of 2021, the January 7th, 2021 edition of Free Thought |
| 2:11.3 | Radio. Once again, Buzz Kemper is engineering from his recording studio by the Wisconsin State Capitol Audio for the Arts, |
| 2:22.1 | while Annie Laurie and I are hosting from our Audio for the Aparts, Safe at Home Studio, just a few miles away. |
| 2:29.8 | And Feathat Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, |
| 2:35.0 | which works to keep religion out of government and represents the point of views of those of us who are personally free from religion. |
| 2:41.0 | And once again, I am very proud to note, |
| 2:44.0 | Charity Navigator has awarded the Freedom from Religion Foundation its highest four-star 100% rating. Dan, why don't you read |
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